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Viral hepatitis C.
Hepatitis C is caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. According to World Health Organization data, 3% of the world population (approximately 170 million people) is infected with HCV; in Poland there are over 700,000. Over 70% of those infected manifest no symptoms in the acute phase of the disease, and in about 70-80% the acute phase progresses into a chronic form. Patients with sympt...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Hepatology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0270-9139,1527-3350
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510260651